Computing cheese-cutter.



J. WINKELMEYBR.

COMPUTING CHEESE CUTTER.

APZLIOATIOI FILED SEPT. 14, 1912. 1, 1 08,297. Patented Aug. 25, 191:1

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J. WINKBLMEYER.

GOMPUTING CHEESE CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED BEPT.14, 1912.

1,108,297. Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

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ATTORNEY.

THE N 31 W5 P1-JTERS 60., PHOTO-LITHOH WASHINGTON, D. C

. State of Indiana,

for partially rotating (mired distances and to means for arresting JOHN WIN KELMEYER, OI ANDERSGN INDIANA, .EiSSIG-N'Ol? Ti SPECIALTY IVIANUFAP- TUBING COMPANY, 0.13 GREENFIELID, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

COMPUTING OHEESE-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed. September 14:, 1912.

'70 all whom it may concern Be it known that l, JOHN W'rNnnLMninn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Anderson, in the county of Madison and useful Improvement in Computing Cheese Cutters, of which the following is a speciiication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and iigures of reference marked thereon.

The invention has reference to the type of machine that comprisesa turn-table or retary cheese table and a cutting knife for dividing a cylindrical cheese into segments or slices suitable to be sold at retail, the in veution relating more particularly to means the turn-table the remomentum and accurately stopping the turn-table when moved the required distance, a cheese cutter embodying certain features of construction of the present inrention having been described and claimed in my prior application for Letters Patent of the United States, Serial No; 665,735, filed December ll, 19.11.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide improved actuating apparatus for the turn-table of cheese cutters, and to provide an improved momentum arroster of such construction as to operate antoi'natically and reliably, especially in case the actuating mechanism fails to ope ate to stop the turn-table, particularly when the turn-table is violently actuated so that the turntable is liable to attain momentum.

A further object is to provide an intproved automatic momentum arr-ester of such construction as to be suitable for use in association with a clutch for actuating the turn-table, and which shall he of simple and inexpensive construction, and reliable,dura bio and economical. in use.

have invented a new and This invention consists in a cheese cutter 1 comprising a tl1l11l1tl3l6, a cutting knife, actuating means for periodically moving the turn-table, a lever for moving the actuating means, and an im aroved momentum arrester for the turntablecarried by a member of the actuating means and retracted by means of the operating lever, the invention consisting also in improve ments in the apparatus for determining and limiting the movement of the turn-table; and the invention consists further in the parts and combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinaitcr particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side ele "ation of the improved cheese cuttor: Fig. 2, a PGTSPQCiIlVG view of an improved clutch carrier; Fig. 3, a top plan of the improved cheese cutter minus the cheese board and the cutting knife; Fig. 4i, a perspeetive view of the clutch carrier inverted; 5, a perspective view of an improved actuating clutch; F (3, V of an improved stopping clutch comprising a part of the improved momentum arrester; Fig. i", a fragmentary plan of themaehine partially in. horizontal section; Fig. 8,;t fragmeiital-y inverted plan view showing 'g'iertious of the operating mechanism ;1 and 9, a "vertical section approximately on the line A A in Fig. 7.

Throughout the different figures of the drawings, similar reference characters indicate corresponding elements or features of construction herein referred to.

The machine includes a main frame which may he variously constructed and prefer ahly comprises an annular portion 1 connected to arms 2, 3, 4-, that converge to and are connected to a bored huh 5 having a counter-lune 6 in its under portion, the top of the frame havingzj bearing blocks 7, 8, 9, thereon, the huh having a. projection 10 on its :lm'ward side that is provided with a pivot 11., the r *ar portion of the frame having a. iirojectiug frame arm 12 thereon provided with a pivot 13. A turn-table may suital'ily comprise a. central. hub 14: from which extends a number of arms 15, 16, 17, to which is connected an annular rim portion. 18 preferably having downwardly exi 'ng concentrically arranged flanges 19 20 in contact with the hearing blocks, uh 14; being ri'itatahly supported on the huh and having a center pin 21 that is guided in and extends through the huh I) and has a belt 253 connected to its lower end, the bolt securing a washer or headv 23 to tie lower end of the pin, and a coil spr 2 is seated on the washer and against lllifilZOttOlTfl of the counter bore, so that the hub 14lha frictional resistance on the hub The turn-table is provided as usual with. top or cheese board 25 for supporting a cylindrical cheese. A knife frame 26 is connected to the pivot 13 and Patented Au q. 25, 1914-.

a perspective view thereon adjacent to the has a handle 27, a knife 28 being secured to the frame to cooperate with the cheese board.

A suitable computing scale together with an adjustable stop and also a fixed stop are proi'ided for iileterniining and limiting the movement of the turn-tal. le so as to cut slices of cheese of the required thickness, and referabl5; certain parts are employed n as previously described in said prior applicationfor Letters Patent, the :lioiwvard portion of the frame having a projecting table on which is a scale plate 30 surmounted by a disk or wheel 31 having an integral stop block thereon through which extends a curved slot 3 the wheel having an axial shaft 34: rotatably mounted in the table 29, the stop block being eccentric to the axis of rotation thereof. A binding screw is connected to the table 29 and extends through the curved slot and has a tllllnliilnut 36 thereon and normally seated upon the stop block. the edge of the wheel having an indicating mark 37 thereon to be moved to 2" any one of a suitable number of computing scale marks 38 on the indicator plate. An operating lever 39 is connected to the pivot ll and extends over to and beyond the forward portion of the frame and may be moved partially over the dish or wheel 31. The lever obviously may be pivoted to any suitable portion. of the main frame.

An improred clutch carrier $0 is provided which is in the form of a plate of suitable contour and is arranged upon or above the lever and under the annular portion 18 of the turn-table frame, the carrier preferably having bearing projections ll and L2 spaced apart on the under side thereof adapted to have sliding contact with the annular portion 1 of the main 'lfraiuo. prevent the carrier from tilt. in OPQ'sLr ticn. the under side of the carrier having a so a lug l3 thereon adjacent to one of the iroiections for merin the carrier b 1 me .as

i he upper of the lever in one direction. side of the carrier has two guide projections lit and el-S thereon that extend between and are guided by the flanges 19 and 2 it should be understood. however, that the carrier obviously may be other ise guided if desired. The carrier extends inwardly toward. the hub 5 and has a horizontal guide bar M5 on its inner portion that is somewhat higher than the plane of the top of the plate comprising the carrier, the top of said plate having two pivotal studs a7 and L8 guide bar iii, the studsbeing between the plane of the guide and the flange 19. The forward portion of the carrier plate has two apertures 19 and therein that are under the annular portion 18 of the turn-table, and the to ward portion of the plate; has also a linger 5i thereon on the top of which is, a stop projection or shoulder 52, the finger being designed to he moved into contact with the adjustal'le stop block for limiting he movement of the carrier in one direction, the shoulder 54: being brought to a stop 53 secured upon the frame portion l for limiting the movement of the ca liQ-l" in the opposite direction and for accurately stopi ging the carrier, the carrier being a medium for stopping the turn-table when mored the required distance preparatory to making a cut of cheese. The carrier is provided also with an abiument 5 arrang d in a plate between the studs ii-l and and the djacent annular portion 18 of proved a on is the turn-table. in imxtuating clutch comprising abar provided and placed upon the carrier side of the abutment 54: and against 1 d i7 and opposite to the stud 4S, and extends imder the guide 46. The outer end or normally forward portion of the bar has a' gui le plate thereon that extends under the flanges l9 and and is guided slidingly on the carrier plate, and it has a clutch member 57 thereon that extends upward between the flanges 19 and 20 to be forced into contact with the opposite faces thereof. the member being slightly lenger circumfer why at the flanges than the dis? tance between the flanges. The bar preferably has a recessed spring seat 58 therein in which is seated a coil spring 59 which is seated in the adjacent's de of the abutment A s iormally forces the 1 7, engagement with the nanges. 'ihe guide plate 58 preferably hasa projection 60 on its under side to extend through the aperture 49 so as to limit the movement of the bar when the turn-table is removed from the main frame. If the operating lever 39 be moved away from the stop block until it engages the lug 18 the clutch car ier is moved also, and while the member 57 is forced into engagement with the flanges 19 and 20 the t ndency is to drag the bar by means of the stud t? so that the turn-table also must move forward. If the carrier be moved in the opposite direction and the turn-table is prevented from moving. backward it is evi dent that the spring yields and permits the arm to swing around slightly so as to release the pressure of the member 57 on the adj acent'flanges and permit the clutch mein her to slide freely against the flanges. hen moving the turn-table forward slowly no momentum may be attained and the turntable may stop when the clutch carrier is stopped. but since accuracy of measurement is required the actuating clutch alone, operating as For the above mentioned reasons, an immeans for the table movable bodily together with the table, the actuating means exerting force in one direction to move the table,

the arresting means exerting force in the opposite direction for stopping the table, and means for stopping the bodily movement of the actuating means and the arresting means to stop the table.

8. A cheese cutter including a rotatable table, a movably guided. carrier having an abutment and wo studs thereon, two clutch bars on the carrier on opposite sides of the abutment and in contact respectively with adjacent, sides of the two studs, the bars having clutch members thereon for respectively engaging the table and applying force thereto in opposite directions, and two springs seated on opposite sides respeo tively of the abutment and acting to force the two bars each away from the other.

9. A cheese cutter including a frame, a table rotatable on the frame, a stop fixed on the frame, a movably guided clutch car rier having a shoulder movable to the stop and having also a lug, an actuating clutch for the table mounted on the carrier, a momentum arresting clutch movably mounted on the carrier and automatically engaging the table for stopping movement thereof, the arresting clutch having a projection thereon, and a lever pivoted to the table and movable alternatively to the lug and the projection.

10. A cheese cutter including a frame, a table rotatable on the frame, an adjustable stop and also a fixed stop mounted on the frame, a clutch carrier suitably guided and movable alternatively to the stops, an operating lever pivoted to the frame for moving the carrier, a clutch acting to rotate the table on movement of the lever in one direction, and a momentum arrester clutch movably mounted on the carrier and acting to stop the table when the carrier is stopped, the arrester clutch being engaged by the lever when moved in the reverse direction to release the clutch from acting.

11. In a cheese cutter, the cmnbination with a frame and a table rotatable thereon,

of a clutch carrier having an aperture there 1n and having also a lug, a clutch mounted i on the carrer tor rotating the table, mo

mentum arresting clutch for the table mov ably mounted on the carrier and springpressed into engagement with the table for stopping the table, the arresting clutch having a projection thereon extending through said aperture, a stop fixed on the frame to be engaged by the carrier, and a lever pivoted to the frame and movable to the lug for-moving the carrier in one three Copies of this patent may be obtained for l l l five cents tion to actuate the table, the lever being movable to the projection for disengaging the arresting clutch from the table and moving the carrier in the opposite direction.

12. In a cheese cutter, the combination with a frame and a table rotatable thereon, and an adjustable stop and a fixed stop on the frame, of a clutch carrier movably guided and directly stopped alternatively by the said two stops, a table-actuating clutch mounted on the carrier for engagement with the table to rotatably move the table, a momentum arresting clutch movably mounted on the carrier for engagement with the table for stopping the table, a lever pivoted to the frame for moving the carrier, and means enabling the lever to disengage the arresting clutch from the table and subsequently move the carrier away from the ed stop. 13. In a cheese cutter, the combination of a rotatable table, two annular flanges concentrically fixed on the under side of the table, and a clutch carrier movably supported below the table and having two guide projections and also two clutch devices thereon extending upward between the two flanges, the clutch devices being movable on the carrier between the projections and spring-pressed in opposite directions, one clutch device being adapted for engaging the flanges to rotate the table, the remaining clutch device being adapted for engaging the flanges to arrest momentum of the table. let. in a cheese cutter, the combination with a frame and a table rotatable thereon, and an adjustable stop and a fixed stop on the frame, of a clutch carrier movably ided and having 'a finger thereon provided with a shoulder that is movable thereby to the fixed stop, the finger being movable into contact with the adjustable stop, and an actuating clutch and also a momentum arrester for the table mounted on the carrier. 15. In a cheese cutter, the combination with a frame and a table rotatable thereon,

of a clutch carrier having two guide pro ect-ions spaced apart thereon and guided on the frame and having also a lug between and adjacent to one of the projections, a lever pi oted to the frame and extending beug and the remaining one of the projections to engage the lug for moving the carrier, and anactuating clutch for the table mounted on the carrier.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN NINKELMEYER; l v itnessesz ALMA BASSETT, LOIS Boone.

each. by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, I). C. 

